Integrate django-import-export to allow bulk import and export #384
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I thought that Django already had some kind of built in import/export tool. Do we really need to add another dependency? https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/django-admin/#dumpdata https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/django-admin/#loaddata |
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Those commands only allow you to export/replace large chunks of data like entire tables, and require CLI access and knowledge. This is a totally different use case? Read the slack thread linked in the issue please |
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Sorry, I thought that loaddata might be sufficient for this usecase, but if it's not, it's not. Let me take a look at the PR. |
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Just out of curiosity, why this is necessary?
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IIRC this is due to our custom primary key setup. Something about the lack of auto increment
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I think the wiki is a better place for docs, since this is end-user focused not dev focused. But yeah I can write something up |
Integrates a bulk import library to allow bulk import and export of objects. Our tables with custom primary key values need a slight customization, but nothing too bad
https://github.com/django-import-export/django-import-export
Tested export/import to/from CSV
Closes #201